Three blasts killed at least 17 people and wounded more than 50 in predominantly Shi'ite Muslim districts of Baghdad on Tuesday, police and medical sources said. A suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest in a commercial street in the eastern Baghdad al-Jadida area of the Iraqi capital,...

When Palestinian fisherman Abu Mohammed came under pressure to become an informer for Israeli intelligence, the 45-year-old father of five took a radical decision - he quit fishing and became a builder. Working off the coast of Gaza, where Israel imposes restrictions preventing fishing boats...

Writing by Ethar Abdulhaq (Zaman Al Wasl)- The German journalist Jurgen Todenhofer broadcasted a video recording which he described as the most difficult interview he has ever conducted in Syria. The interview took place 10 days ago with a commander from al-Nusra Front, as he called, who spoke...

The Doha-based International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) has called for a global “day of anger” on Friday in support of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, which has been under intense attacks by regime and Russian forces. More than 400 people have been killed and hundreds injured...